Universal #281

Legacy number: 281

 Number  280
 Original  In all languages, the nouns which are marked with a special possessive marker do not occur with possessive pronouns.
 Standardized  IF nouns take possessive affixes, THEN these nouns do not occur with possessive pronouns.
 Keywords  noun, possession, possessive affix, possessive pronoun
 Domain  inflection, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  unspecified
 Source  see Vardul’ 1969, referring to Uspensky

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